乏善可陳
Chinese
| short of; tired | good | can; may; able to can; may; able to; certain(ly); to suit; (particle used for emphasis) |
arrange; exhibit; narrate arrange; exhibit; narrate; tell; old; stale; state; display; explain; surname | ||
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| trad. (乏善可陳) | 乏 | 善 | 可 | 陳 | |
| simp. (乏善可陈) | 乏 | 善 | 可 | 陈 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Pinyin): fáshànkěchén
- (Zhuyin): ㄈㄚˊ ㄕㄢˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄔㄣˊ
- Cantonese (Jyutping): fat6 sin6 ho2 can4
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ha̍t-siān-khó-tîn
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: fáshànkěchén
- Zhuyin: ㄈㄚˊ ㄕㄢˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄔㄣˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: fáshànkěchén
- Wade–Giles: fa2-shan4-kʻo3-chʻên2
- Yale: fá-shàn-kě-chén
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: farshannkeechern
- Palladius: фашанькэчэнь (fašanʹkɛčɛnʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /fä³⁵ ʂän⁵¹ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: fat6 sin6 ho2 can4
- Yale: faht sihn hó chàhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: fat9 sin6 ho2 tsan4
- Guangdong Romanization: fed6 xin6 ho2 cen4
- Sinological IPA (key): /fɐt̚² siːn²² hɔː³⁵ t͡sʰɐn²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ha̍t-siān-khó-tîn
- Tâi-lô: ha̍t-siān-khó-tîn
- Phofsit Daibuun: hadsiexnqoy'diin
- IPA (Xiamen): /hat̚⁴⁻³² siɛn²²⁻²¹ kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tin²⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /hat̚²⁴⁻² siɛn⁴¹⁻²² kʰo⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tin²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /hat̚¹²¹⁻²¹ siɛn²²⁻²¹ kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tin¹³/
- IPA (Taipei): /hat̚⁴⁻³² siɛn³³⁻¹¹ kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tin²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /hat̚⁴⁻³² siɛn³³⁻²¹ kʰɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tin²³/
- (Hokkien)
Idiom
乏善可陳
- to have nothing notable or praiseworthy